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 * My Kindles Arrived! ...Now What?

Here is a suggested checklist. Please add and edit!

Naming, Labeling, and Barcoding the Kindles and Cases
There is no "one way" to do this. MaryJo requested that we have a version of the word Media or Library somewhere in the name though.

At UMS, I wrote the name of the Kindle (UMS LIB 01) on the front of the case with a silver permanent marker. (My cases are black.) I placed the barcode on the front of the Kindle device inside the case, top center. I find this a convenient place to scan. I then wrote the name of the kindle in black permanent marker along the front left and on the back of the Kindle.

See the "How to Use a Kindle" page for a spreadsheet from Marsha at LHS that is great for tracking Kindles, serial numbers, barcodes, etc.

For now, I am saving the boxes for summer storage, but I may discard them and just keep the Kindles in the cases. I placed the duplicate barcode number on the outside of the box next to the serial number.

Registering Your Kindles
See Marsha's document on Creating a Kindle Account on the "How to Use a Kindle" page.

This same document shows you how to
 * Protect your Account by removing the payment method
 * Control Personal Document setting and set the max charge to $0
 * disable social networking

Other suggestions
 * unsubscribe to email and special offers
 * turn off Whispersync

Downloading Kindle Store Purchases
Here is a document explaining how to download the Kindle content purchases to your computer and then transfer them to the Kindle(s).




 * Amazon's WhisperCast Kindle Setup **

1) Created 1 gmail account (seskindles@gmail.com) 2) Created Amazon Account and associated it with seskindles@gmail.com 3) Created WhisperCast Account using Amazon login information 4) Called WhisperCast tech support to add devices to WhisperCast account (took 5 mins, they are so helpful. You can email serial #s to them as well) 5) Created Users within WhisperCast and associated with registered devices using the gmail "+" trick (ie. seskindles+1@gmail, seskindles+2@gmail.com, ses.kindles+3@gmail.com etc) Emails show up to ses.kindles@gmail but are distinguished by + markers, no need for individual gmail accounts for each device. 6) Tested, downloaded free ebook to WhisperCast account, sent to all 5 Kindles, sync automatic. 7) Parental Controls set for each Kindle, ready for checkout.

The whole process took less than an hour.